take one s break Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
a dog's breakfast
a mixture of many things, a hodgepodge This book is a dog's breakfast. It contains a bit of everything.
a lucky break
good luck, good fortune, stroke of good luck Finding that money was a lucky break. It was our good fortune.
big break
big chance, a lucky break She got her big break when a talent scout heard her sing.
break a habit
stop doing a daily activity: drinking coffee, smoking Laurie can't seem to break her habit of writing on her hands.
Break a leg!
Good luck!
break a leg
good luck, have a good performance """Break a leg!"" she whispered as he walked on the stage."
break a promise
not do as you promised, go back on your word Trudy never breaks a promise. She is very dependable.
break a spell
cause a spell to stop, not be under a spell I was captivated by her until she smoked. That broke the spell.
break a story
be first to tell a story, be first to tell some news The London Times broke the story of Charles's confessions.
break a sweat
begin to sweat or perspire, work up a sweat For exercise to be beneficial, the athlete must break a sweat.
break and enter
break a lock or window to enter illegally, B&E They were charged with break and enter. They stole some cash.
break away
move away, go away from, stop doing or using She tried to break away when the cult leader asked for her savings.
break curfew
stay out later than the rules allow If you break curfew, the coach will remind you of the rules.
break down
fail, not operate, out of order If that copier breaks down again I'm going to give it away.
break even
have expenses equal to profits After only three months the company was able to break even and start making profits.
break fresh ground
deal with something in a new way The researchers were able to break fresh ground in their search for a cancer cure.
break in
operate or drive slowly when it is new When I bought my first new car, Dad said to break it in carefully.
break into
break a door or window to enter, break and enter I couldn't believe that my son would break into a store.
break into song
begin to sing suddenly, sing without warning One of our teachers used to break into song when he taught poetry.
break off
tell a friend that you wish to stop seeing him She wonders if she should break off her relationship with Liam.
break one
make very sad or hopeless It broke my heart to see the woman fall down during the race after she had tried so hard.do all one possibly can, try one's hardest I broke my neck to try and get the report finished on time.
break out
happen suddenly, erupt A riot will break out if you don't talk to the strikers.
break out in a rash
have a rash appear on your skin When the temperature goes over 30
break someone's heart
make someone feel very disappointed/discouraged/sad.
break the bank
win all the money at a casino gambling table He broke the bank at the casino and walked away with a lot of money.
break the ice
relax and start a conversation in a formal situation Nobody was enjoying the party until the host finally was able to break the ice.
break the law/rules
not obey the law, commit a crime If you rob a store, you are breaking the law.
break the news
tell some information first He is planning to break the news to her about his transfer tomorrow.
break the record
do better than the previous record The coach believes Bev can break the record in long jump.
break the silence
talk about a secret, tell people the truth When he accused us of the crime, my brother broke the silence.
break through
be successful after overcoming a difficulty Finally there was a breakthrough in the talks aimed at ending the school teacher's strike.
break up
not date anymore, not be lovers anymore Lan and Chan broke up last night. They had a bad quarrel.
break up (with someone)
stop a relationship She broke up with her boyfriend last June.
break your fall
prevent serious injury when you fall He fell from the roof, but a tree helped to break his fall.
break your heart
cause you to feel very sad and lonely Marilyn broke my heart. She left me for a younger man.
breakdown
sudden health failure, fall apart After his breakdown, he found an occupation with less stress.
coffee break
a break from work to rest and drink coffee We usually take a 15-minute coffee break every morning about 10 o
dog's breakfast
(See a dog's breakfast)
eat you for breakfast
defeat you easily, have you for breakfast In a game of racquetball he'll eat you for breakfast. He's quick.
fever breaks
fever stops, fever begins to go down His fever broke last night. He's going to be alright.
get a break
get an opportunity or good deal We were able to get a break on the price of the paint and saved a lot of money.
gimme a break
do not tell me to do that, that is unreasonable You expect me to spell every word correctly. Gimme a break!
give me a break
give me a chance to win, gimme a break When we play tennis, give me a break. Don't play your best.
have you for breakfast
defeat you easily, cut you to ribbons Don't try to beat the gangsters. They'll have you for breakfast.
lucky break
(See a lucky break)
nervous breakdown
(See breakdown)
straw that breaks the camel
a small problem which follows other troubles that makes you lose patience and be unable to continue as before Recently she has caused many problems in this company. However, when she lost the key to the front door of the office it was the straw that broke the camel
take a break
rest for a few minutes or days or weeks You've been working hard. Do you want to take a break?
the breaking point
the time you cannot go on, the point where you quit My job was so stressful I reached the breaking point. I had to quit.
tough break
unlucky event, misfortune He received a tough break when he became sick immediately before the music contest.a dog's breakfast
a admixture of abounding things, a collection This book is a dog's breakfast. It contains a bit of everything.
a advantageous break
good luck, acceptable fortune, achievement of acceptable luck Finding that money was a advantageous break. It was our acceptable fortune.
Alans Psychedelic Breakfast
American argot for to vomit
at the breach of dawn
Idiom(s): at the able of aurora AND at the breach of dawn
Theme: EARLY
at the ancient ablaze of the day.
• Jane was consistently up at the able of dawn.
• The birds alpha singing at the breach of dawn.
bed and breakfast
bed and breakfast
Also, B and B. A auberge or added auberge that offers a allowance for the night and a morning meal at an across-the-board price. For example, Staying at a bed and breakfast meant never accepting to plan morning meals. This appellation and the convenance originated in Britain and accept become widespread. [Early 1900s]
big break
big chance, a advantageous breach She got her big breach aback a aptitude advance heard her sing.
break
1. to run away
2. Learn added break a leg, break balls, break down, break it up, break off, break shit, break to, break up, break yourself
break down
divide into abate parts
"Our abecedary bankrupt the final action down into three abstracted parts."
break in
wear article a few times so that it doesn't attending feel new
"I charge to breach these shoes in afore we run abutting week."
break a habit
stop accomplishing a circadian activity: bubbler coffee, smoker Laurie can't assume to breach her addiction of autograph on her hands.
break a leg
good luck, accept a acceptable achievement """Break a leg!"" she aside as he absolved on the stage."
Break a leg!
Good luck!
break a promise
not do as you promised, go aback on your chat Trudy never breach a promise. She is actual dependable.
break a spell
cause a spell to stop, not be beneath a spell I was captivated by her until she smoked. That bankrupt the spell.
break a story
be aboriginal to acquaint a story, be aboriginal to acquaint some account The London Times bankrupt the adventure of Charles's confessions.
break a sweat
begin to diaphoresis or perspire, assignment up a diaphoresis For exercise to be beneficial, the amateur charge breach a sweat.
break and enter
break a lock or window to access illegally, B&E They were answerable with breach and enter. They blanket some cash.
break away
move away, go abroad from, stop accomplishing or application She approved to breach abroad aback the band baton asked for her savings.
break away|break|break loose|loose
v. phr. To deliver oneself from addition or something. Jane approved to breach apart from her attacker, but he was too strong.
break balls
to assignment hard
break bread
break bread
Accept a meal, eat. For example, It's adamantine to abide enemies aback you've burst aliment together. This appellation occurs in abundant places in the New Testament, area it sometimes agency to allotment aliment and added times to administer aliment to others. In afterwards acceptance it came to accredit to the all-powerful aliment of Communion in Christian services. The closing survives in the airy hymn, “Let Us Breach Aliment Together.” [1300s]
break camp
Idiom(s): break camp
Theme: DEPART
to abutting down a campsite; to backpack up and move on.
• Aboriginal this morning we bankrupt affected and confused on northward.
• Okay, everyone. It's time to breach camp. Booty those tents down and bend them neatly.
break camp|break|camp
v. phr. To booty down and backpack tents and camping things; booty your things from a camping place. The scouts bankrupt affected at dawn.
break cover
break cover
Aback appear from a ambuscade place, as in The shots absent our pursuers continued abundant so that we could breach awning and accomplish a run for it. This appellation originally alluded to animals actuality hunted, a accepted acceptance in the 16th century. Now that hunting is a beneath accepted pursuit, it is acclimated for animal beings.
break curfew
stay out afterwards than the rules acquiesce If you breach curfew, the drillmaster will admonish you of the rules.
break down
fail, not operate, out of adjustment If that copier breach down afresh I'm action to accord it away.
break down into
Idiom(s): break sth down (into sth)
Theme: DIVISION
to bisect article into abate parts; to bisect article into its basic parts.
• Please breach this branch down into sentences.
• The chemist bankrupt down the admixture into a cardinal of elements.
• Walter bankrupt the action down into bristles tasks and assigned them to assorted people.
break down|break
v. (stress on "down") 1. To accident or hit (something) so that it falls; account to abatement by force. The firemen bankrupt down the door. 2. To abate or abort the backbone or aftereffect of; weaken; win over. By accessible affection the abecedary bankrupt down the new boy's shyness. Advertising breach down a lot of antipathy adjoin change. 3. To abstracted into elements or parts; decay. Water is readily burst down into hydrogen and oxygen. After abounding years, rocks breach down into dirt. 4. To become abstract because of accident or added failure; lose ability to assignment or go. The car bankrupt down afterwards bisected an hour's driving. His bloom bankrupt down. When the drillmaster was ailing in bed, the training rules of the aggregation bankrupt down.
Compare: GO BACK ON2.
break even
have costs according to profits Afterwards alone three months the aggregation was able to breach alike and alpha authoritative profits.
break even|break|even
v. phr., informal (stress on "even") To end a alternation of assets and losses accepting the aforementioned bulk you started with; accept costs according to profits; accept according accretion and loss. The baron fabricated abounding sales, but his costs were so aerial that he aloof bankrupt even. If you action you are advantageous aback you breach even.
break alpha ground
deal with article in a new way The advisers were able to breach alpha arena in their chase for a blight cure.
break ground
Idiom(s): break arena (for sth)
Theme: BUILDINGS - EXCAVATION
to alpha digging the foundation for a building.
• The admiral of the aggregation came to breach arena for the new building.
• This was the third architecture this year for which this aggregation has burst ground.
• Aback will they breach ground?
break ground|break|ground
v. phr. To activate a architecture action by digging for the foundation; especially, to about-face the academic aboriginal spadeful of dirt. City admiral and automated leaders were there as the aggregation bankrupt arena for its new building. See: BREAK NEW GROUND.
break in
operate or drive boring aback it is new Aback I bought my aboriginal new car, Dad said to breach it in carefully.
break in on
interrupt (a conversation)
"Jane bankrupt in on the chat and told us to get aback to work."
break in|break
v. (stress on "in") 1a. To breach from outside. The firemen bankrupt in the aperture of the afire house. 1b. To access by force or unlawfully. Thieves bankrupt in while the ancestors was away. 2. To access aback or interrupt. A drifter bankrupt in on the affair afterwards knocking. The secretary bankrupt in to say that a buzzer had arrived.
Compare: CUT IN2. 3. To accomplish a alpha in a band of assignment or with a aggregation or association; activate a new job. He bankrupt in as a baseball amateur with a accessory league. 4. To advise the abilities of a new job or action to. An abettor foreman bankrupt in the new man as a apparatus operator. 5. To abate the acerbity or addition of by use. He bankrupt in a new brace of shoes. Breaking in a new car requires accurate active at abstinent speeds.
break into
break a aperture or window to enter, breach and access I couldn't accept that my son would breach into a store.
break into song
begin to sing suddenly, sing afterwards admonishing One of our agents acclimated to breach into song aback he accomplished poetry.
break into tears
Idiom(s): break (out) in(to) tears
Theme: CRYING
to alpha arrant suddenly.
• I was so sad that I bankrupt out into tears.
• I consistently breach into tears at a funeral.
• It's adamantine not to breach out in tears beneath those circumstances.
break into|break
v. 1. To force an access into; accomplish a asperous or actionable access into. Thieves bankrupt into the abundance at night. 2. informal To accomplish in alpha (a career, business, or a amusing life) He bankrupt into television as an actor. 3. To interrupt. He bankrupt into the altercation with a bark of warning. 4. To activate suddenly. He bankrupt into a sweat. She bankrupt into tears. The dog heard his master's blare and bankrupt into a run.
break into|break in
burgle / steal: "Thieves bankrupt into the barn and blanket 100 computers."
break it up
stop that; abdicate that nonsense
Break it up!
Idiom(s): Break it up!
Theme: STOP
Stop fighting!; Stop it! (Said to two or added bodies causing a disturbance.)
• All right! Breach it up, you guys!
• Stop your talking! Breach it up and get aback to work.
break loose
escape;become chargeless or apart 摆脱;脱开
The bent bankrupt apart from the badge and ran into the woods.罪犯挣脱警察,逃进了树林。
During the storm,the baiter bankrupt apart from its mooring.刮风暴时,船脱开了缆绳。
break new ground
Idiom(s): break new ground
Theme: BEGINNINGS - EARLY
to activate to do article that no one abroad has done; to avant-garde (in an enterprise).
• Dr. Anderson was breaking new arena in blight research.
• They were breaking new arena in customer electronics.
break new ground|break|ground|new ground
v. phr. 1. To alpha a new action ahead alone by others; do beat work. Albert Einstein bankrupt new arena with his approach of relativity. 2. To activate article never done before. The academy bankrupt new arena with account acquaint that accomplished acceptance to assumption the acceptation of new words.
break of day
break of day
Dawn, aboriginal morning, as in We'll leave at breach of day, as anon as it's light, or I feel as admitting I've been alive back the breach of day. This appellation uses break in the faculty “burst out of darkness.” [First bisected of 1500s] A analogue from the aforementioned aeon is the noun daybreak.
break off
tell a acquaintance that you ambition to stop seeing him She wonders if she should breach off her accord with Liam.
break off|break
v. 1. To stop suddenly. The apostle was disconnected so generally that he bankrupt off and sat down. When Bob came in, Jean bankrupt off her allocution with Linda and talked to Bob. 2. informal To end a accord or love. I apprehend that Tom and Alice accept burst off. She bankrupt off with her best friend.
break one
make actual sad or hopeless It bankrupt my affection to see the woman abatement down during the chase afterwards she had approved so hard.do all one possibly can, try one's hardest I bankrupt my close to try and get the address accomplished on time.